English Books

Spiritual Guidance of Mankind,

Spiritual Guidance of Man and Humanity,
Spiritual Guidance of Man,
Spiritual Guidance of the Individual and Humanity,

Rudolf Steiner(Written 1911; GA 15 / Bn 15 / CW 15)

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This short book consists of three sections. Each section was
originally a lecture (6, 7, and 8 June 1911), but was subsequently
reworked by Steiner and cast into the form of an essay. These
lectures, and those in
The Mission of the Folk-Souls,
are the only lectures reworked by Steiner for the public. It has been
published in English under 4 separate titles, all translated from
the same German text,
Die Geistige Führung des Menschen und der Menschheit,
Geistes wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse ueber die
Menschheits-Entwickelung.

Some of the topics treated in this book are:
the nature of the brain,
the development of speech,
angelic beings,
ancient language,
Zarathustra, Buddha, and Christ.

GA 15 / Bn 15 / CW 15 ... Selections in English ...

A First Edition English translation of this book, we present the
Authorized English Translation by Harry Collison,
published by the Anthroposophical Society of Great Britain
in 1921. This translation was also published by the Anthroposophic
Press in 1925.

Steiner describes the spiritual potentialities the human being brings
with him at birth and shows how in successive world epochs these
potentialities have brought to earth, through reincarnation, new
impulses and forces out of the cosmic spiritual world.
Translated and edited by Henry B. Monges, this book has an
Appendix and the Genealogy of Jesus from both Matthew and Luke.
(Essentially the same book as the 1976 printing.)

Steiner describes the spiritual potentialities the human being brings
with him at birth and shows how in successive world epochs these
potentialities have brought to earth, through reincarnation, new
impulses and forces out of the cosmic spiritual world.
Translated and edited by Henry B. Monges, this book has an
Appendix and the Genealogy of Jesus from both Matthew and Luke.
(Essentially the same book as the 1970 printing.)

A second, wiser self guides us through life. Without it we would not
go far, for it is what makes us human. In the first years of life
— before memory and ego — it guides us to stand upright
and to learn to speak and think. Then we exchange this wisdom, which
is still connected to the spiritual hierarchies, for our
ego-consciousness. Yet it remains ever-present and through
meditation we can consciously connect to it. What or who is
this wisdom? It is the same higher self of humanity that lived
in Jesus during the years between the Baptism and the Crucifixion.
This mind-bending book constitutes an important contribution to our
understanding of the working of the Christ impulse in humanity.
Translated by Samuel Desch, this book has an extended Appendix
and Notes.